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Add book: + $28 = $98, including SDI card.
PS: Please do not turn this into value of Nitrox discussion. We've had plenty of those threads lately - go find one. It adds 50% NDL at depth, and the newbies want to dive with the more experienced. They can do their homework.
This really should be a new diver's second card, IMO - immediately after OW. Your OW card may suggest a max depth of 60 ft, or you may soon go for the Aow card for additionally training & experience - a fine idea, but if you don't get the Nitrox training & card before you need it, then you'll need it on a new but reasonable opportunity, not have it, and not be able to get it fast enough.
Some Ops won't allow an OW diver to do 100+ ft dives, but many will, and when I travel alone, so often I get stuck with the boat pick newbie who is out to admirably broaden his dive experiences by doing the easier, DM escorted deeper wrecks of the Keys, or deeper reefs of Coz, Cent Amer, the Caribe - but on air...!?. Had one last week off of Tavenier - a fine diver even tho he had but 50 dives logged, and we got along fine until he thumbed the dive with 5 min NDL while I had 13 on Nitrox. I would have like to stayed down for 10 more minutes.
I don't want to reject potential buddies over this, and I certainly do not want to suggest separate ascents. Suggesting he go into deco a few minutes did cross my mind as tempting, but of course I did NOT say it.
I saw at Water Worldsports in Key Largo that they're offering the course for $70 + $28 book = $98, 3 hours classroom after homework with tank analyzing, SDI card included. I had to do 2 dives on my Padi course, but learned virtually nothing on those, and I don't think even Padi requires these any more.
There's not that much to Nitrox diving within safe limits, but the course is essential to understanding diving Nitrox. Please get it done - whatever the cost is to you locally.
thank you...
PS: Please do not turn this into value of Nitrox discussion. We've had plenty of those threads lately - go find one. It adds 50% NDL at depth, and the newbies want to dive with the more experienced. They can do their homework.
This really should be a new diver's second card, IMO - immediately after OW. Your OW card may suggest a max depth of 60 ft, or you may soon go for the Aow card for additionally training & experience - a fine idea, but if you don't get the Nitrox training & card before you need it, then you'll need it on a new but reasonable opportunity, not have it, and not be able to get it fast enough.
Some Ops won't allow an OW diver to do 100+ ft dives, but many will, and when I travel alone, so often I get stuck with the boat pick newbie who is out to admirably broaden his dive experiences by doing the easier, DM escorted deeper wrecks of the Keys, or deeper reefs of Coz, Cent Amer, the Caribe - but on air...!?. Had one last week off of Tavenier - a fine diver even tho he had but 50 dives logged, and we got along fine until he thumbed the dive with 5 min NDL while I had 13 on Nitrox. I would have like to stayed down for 10 more minutes.
I don't want to reject potential buddies over this, and I certainly do not want to suggest separate ascents. Suggesting he go into deco a few minutes did cross my mind as tempting, but of course I did NOT say it.
I saw at Water Worldsports in Key Largo that they're offering the course for $70 + $28 book = $98, 3 hours classroom after homework with tank analyzing, SDI card included. I had to do 2 dives on my Padi course, but learned virtually nothing on those, and I don't think even Padi requires these any more.
There's not that much to Nitrox diving within safe limits, but the course is essential to understanding diving Nitrox. Please get it done - whatever the cost is to you locally.
thank you...